twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
joke; playfulness; kidding around
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
health care center; health care centre; animal shelter
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
parting; separation; farewell
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
postponement; deferment; adjournment
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
how many years; how long; what year
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
businessman; industrialist
biggest shareholder; largest stockholder
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
plural; multiple; several
bogus company; dummy corporation; shell company
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
foreign capital (e.g. in a company); foreign investment
gadid (any fish of the family Gadidae, incl. cod, haddock, whiting and pollack); Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus)
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
general meeting of stockholders
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)